EASY RADAR

Realizing that the suite of accurately modeled radar and weapon systems contained in Lock On: Modern Air Combat can be challenging to even seasoned players, Lock On includs a less complex ‘Easy Radar’ system that allows you to focus on the truly exciting element of the game, engaging the enemy in combat. The Easy Radar system provides you with 360-degree situational awareness showing all friendly and hostile units. Using the Easy Radar feature in conjunction with the Auto On features will enable you easily identify, target, and attack a broad-range of targets without requiring intimate knowledge of modern combat aircraft systems.

The Easy Radar Display

The Easy Radar display replaces the normal radar display in all aircraft except for the Su-25. To activate the Easy Radar, select Options from the Main Menu and select Difficulty and press the Easy Radar button. During a mission, you may toggle Easy Radar off and on by pressing the ALT-I.

The circular Easy Radar display displays your aircraft in the bottom center of the circle with the aircraft symbol. The Easy Radar display is from a top-down perspective, targets on the display above your symbol are in front of you and targets below your symbol are behind you. Altitude is not indicated on the Easy Radar display.

A set of four numbers surrounds the circular display. These include:

• Display Mode. In the top left on the display, the current mode is displayed. Mode selection allows you to filter the types of targets that are visible on the display. There are three choices.
• NAV: Selecting the Navigation mode shows your flight route with each waypoint represented by a triangle. A triangles surrounded by a circle represents the currently selected waypoint. Additionally, all airfields will be displayed with airfield icons.
• AIR: Selecting the Air mode shows all enemy and friendly aircraft. Hostile aircraft are displayed as red and friendly aircraft are displayed as blue. Aircraft are displayed as triangles with a stem denoting the direction of travel. A solid triangle indicates your currently locked target. . Unlocked aircraft will be hollow. To lock a target, you can use the TAB key. In addition to aircraft, enemy and friendly missiles are also shown. An enemy missile targeting you is indicated as a dot surrounded by a circle. Missiles not targeting your aircraft will be a red or blue dot.
• SUR: Selecting Surface mode shows you all enemy and friendly units including ground and naval forces. Hostile forces are indicated with red squares and friendly forces are indicated with blue squares. The locked target is a solid red square, and unlocked targets are hollow squares. In addition to aircraft, enemy and friendly missiles are also shown. An enemy missile targeting you is indicates as a dot surrounded by a circle. Missiles not targeting your aircraft will be a red or blue dot.

Auto Lock On Keys

Using the Easy Radar in conjunction with the following set of Auto Lock On keys, you can automatically lock onto any enemy unit displayed on your radar. Using the TAB key, you can lock on to the nearest enemy unit. Each successive press of the TAB key will select the next enemy target according to range. In addition to the TAB key, the following keys may also be used:

Nearest air target

Scroll Lock

Center of view air target

Alt Scroll Lock

Next air target

Shft Insert

Previous air target

Shft Home

Nearest ground target

Shft Scroll Lock

Center of view surface target

Ctrl Num Lock

Next surface target

Shft End

Previous surface target

Shft Delete

Target Box

When you have Auto Locked onto a target, a red box is drawn around the unit in the game world (not the Easy Radar). This box is very useful for visually locating the currently locked target.